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1. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
5. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. A strong current of air.
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
15. A state in the western United States.
16. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group.
19. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
20. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
22. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
23. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
30. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
41. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
49. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
50. A master's degree in fine arts.
52. Before noon.
54. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
59. A person to whom money is paid.
62. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
63. A city in northern India.
65. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
66. A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries).
69. (informal) Of the highest quality.
70. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
71. Make a marcel in a woman's hair.
72. The cry made by sheep.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
4. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
5. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
6. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. Type genus of the Amiidae.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. A city in central New York.
11. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
12. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
18. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
26. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
29. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
32. In bed.
33. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
34. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
36. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Affect with wonder.
43. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
44. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
51. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
55. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
56. The emotion of hate.
57. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
60. Noisy talk.
61. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
64. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
67. A state in midwestern United States.
68. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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